Mansour Jahani - The IV Moscow Kurdish Film Festival, which will be held in the capital from September 18 to 22, announces the participants of the competition programs. The Feature Film Competition includes 7 full-length films, the Documentary Competition - 8 films, the Short Film Section - 14 feature films and 9 documentaries.
This year, the festival focuses on intercultural dialogue in general and cooperation with Russia. Continuing the traditions of previous years, as part of the cultural exchange, the festival will once again bring together filmmakers and film lovers from all over the world to show real masterpieces of Kurdish cinema. The geography of the participants is very diverse - the programs include films from 12 countries - Iraq, Turkey, Iran, France, Syria, Canada, the Netherlands, etc. A separate focus is on films about the Yazidis and their ancient Mesopotamian religion. This is also reflected in the festival’s visual concept: the central symbol of this year’s poster is a peacock feather, which is a powerful symbol for the Kurdish people, especially in the context of Yazidism, the ancient ancestral religion of all Kurds. It emphasizes the importance of preserving and popularizing Kurdish culture through cinema. The lilac background is reminiscent of the headscarves traditionally worn by Kurdish women. This element emphasizes the connection with culture and traditions passed down from generation to generation.
The Feature Film Competition includes the
experimental film "Mosul, My Home", which is a walking tour of the ruins of
Mosul in an attempt to explore the aftermath of war, as well as the energy of
the city and its multinational residents; the drama "Transient Happiness", which captured the vulnerability of an
idyll; the historical drama 1988, based on real events and telling the story of
a gas attack at the height of the Iraqi-Iranian war in the border town of
Halabja; the tragic saga The Horse about the hero's attempts to return to his
own home after the fall of Saddam Hussein's regime; and the sports drama
Baghdad Messi, about how a ten-year-old boy with a serious injury experiences
an unquenchable passion for football in war-torn Iraq. Also in the program are
"Mahsa Laughed" about emigration as a way to escape from social and
religious problems, and "Good Day" - the story of Kurdish theater
actors trying to re-stage a play banned 25 years ago.
The documentary feature competition consists of films that touch on various areas of Kurdish life. In particular, the program includes the film "Daughters of the Sun", which tells about the attempts of Yazidi women and girls, who were used as sex slaves by the Islamic State, to rebuild their lives; the film "Massacre in the Desert", dedicated to the attack of the Baath regime on the village of Dekan; the film "For Justice", which tells about the daily attempts of a mother to free her convicted son from prison. In addition, the competition includes the film "Hopes from Wood", whose hero makes wooden prostheses for people who have lost limbs; "Minstrels of the Sacred Mountains" - a musician's journey through the history and myths surrounding the ancient mystical instrument tanbur; the biography "Mustafa Pasha Yamulki, the Fighter for Justice" about the life of a Kurdish military officer who was appointed chairman of the Ottoman Trials in 1919-1920; "Portrait of a Refugee" about a Kurdish civil-political activist who was forced to make many sacrifices for the freedom of his homeland, and "The River of Sorrow" about one of the most famous singers of Eastern Kurdistan, who has been fighting for his art for many years.
The Short Feature Film Competition includes 14 films from Iran, Turkey, Iraq, Syria and Canada. These are political and social dramas, as well as films that touch on issues of violence, executions, and the expression of tragedy through art. The Short Documentary Film Competition includes 9 projects from Iraq, Turkey, Iran and France. Many of the short documentaries and feature films are dedicated to the problems of women in Kurdistan - their political, social and cultural status, as well as crimes against them.
The festival screenings will take place in Moscow cinemas (venues will be announced later). All films will be shown in the original language with Russian subtitles.
Full festival program:
Competition of feature films:
1. "Mosul, My Home", Iraq, directed by Adalet R. Garmiani
2. "Transient Happiness", Iraq, directed by Sina Mohammed
3. "1988", Iraq, directed by Hejvan Zendi
4. "Good Day", Turkey, directed by Ozkan Kuchuk
5. "Horse", Kurdistan, directed by Mahdi Ahmad
6. "Mahsa Laughed", Kurdistan, directed by Mehran Shiri
7. "Baghdad Messi", Iraq, directed by Sahim Omar Khalifa
Competition of feature documentaries:
1. "Hopes from the Tree", Iraq, directed by Haydar Demirtas
2. "Mustafa Pasha Yamulki the Fighter for Justice", Iraq, directed by Khoren Gharib and Hardy Kadir Ibrahim
3. "Daughters of the Sun", Netherlands, directed by Reber Doski
4. "Portrait of a Refugee", Denmark, directed by Pejman Mokari
5. "For Justice", Turkey, directed by Elif Igit
6. "Sorrowful River", Iraq, directed by Zana Nawzad Mahmud
7. "Minstrels of the Sacred Mountains", Iran, directed by Farid Elhami
8. "Desert Massacre", Iraq, directed by Nabaz Ahmad
Short Documentary Film Competition:
1. "Habibullah", Iran, directed by Adnan Zandi
2. "Lili Li", France, directed by Mahmoud Chekmoki Ahmed
3. "Land of Buried Women", Iraq, directed by Rekat Hama Tofik
4. "The Carpenter", Iran, directed by Xelil Zehragird
5. "Afrat", Iran, directed by Michael Rahmani
6. "Those on Earth...", Turkey, directed by Harun Yel
7. "Mountain Breeze", Iran, directed by Mohammad Farajzadeh
8. "Women from Nowhere", Iraq, directed by Bland Ali Aziz
9. "Star on the Border", Turkey, directed by Berivan Sarukhan
Short Fiction Film Competition:
1. "Liberation", Iran, directed by Milad Majidabadi and Pedram Homayoun Nejad
2. “Tapo”, Iran, director Mohammad Darvishi
3. “Migration”, Iran, director Sarkot Nikdel
4. “Apple”, Turkey, director Mehmet Akaruk
5. “The Resurrected Voice”, Iraq, director Farya Younesi
6. “Sura”, Iran, director Avinar Molai
7. “Trivet”, Turkey, directors Abdurrahim Karabulut and Mahsun Selayir
8. “The Shepherd”, Iraq, director Sarkh at Nariman
9. “The Dream”, Iran, directed by Saman Hosseinpoor
10. “Shadow”, Syria, directed by Muhiddin Mamo Arslan and Mahmoud Xelil Chakmaki
11. “Sal”, Canada, directed by Sirwan Takhtfiruze
12. “Agony”, Iran, directed by Borhan Ahmadi and Leila Bagpira
13. “Dance for Freedom”, Iran, directed by Salem Salavati
14. "The Last Word", Iraq, director Muhammad Kamil Mahmud.
More detailed information on the website of the Kurdish Film Festival: www.moscowkff.ru
Link to the poster: https://disk.yandex.ru/d/dc30PDNGSWlkTA
Public Relations of IV Moscow Kurdish Film Festival.
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